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French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation

ECO C11 · 2,174 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
43% White17% Draw40% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
cxd475634.8%
Qb648122.1%
a640618.7%
Be725111.5%
Rb8381.7%
h6371.7%
f6150.7%
c4130.6%

A further 177 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4French Defense 1... e6French Defense: Normal Variation 2. d4French Defense 2... d5French Defense: Paulsen Variation 3. Nc3French Defense: Classical Variation 3... Nf6French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation 4. e5French Defense: Steinitz Variation 6. Nf3French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation 7. Be3

Other lines in this family

Steinitz VariationC11…3,340Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand VariationC11… 5. Nce2979Classical Variation, Steinitz VariationC11…7,982Classical VariationC11…14,685Classical VariationC11… 4. Bg55,221Classical Variation, Normal VariationC13… 4. Bg5 Be72,771Classical VariationC13… 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be71,912Classical Variation, Burn VariationC11… 4. Bg5 dxe41,511Exchange Variation, Svenonius VariationC01… 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg51,196Classical VariationC14… 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7992

All 126 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.